New Ulm weekly review., 1887-02-23
SENATE.

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SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17-Mr Miller intro
duced a bill to appropriate money to pay the
cost Of drilling wells over three thousand
feet deep in every state and in seven terri
tories, and to give all the profits of the valu-
able minerals found therein for school pur-
poses Mr.. Whitthorne introduced bill to
create a naval reserve in auxiliary cruisers,
officers and men from the mercantile marine
of the United States The senate-45 to 2
passed Hale's bill for the increase of the
naval establishment The nays were: Messrs
Coke, Jones (Ark. J, Plumb, Vance. Van Wyck,
Vest and Voorhees, The bill provides for
the construction of heavily armored vessels
torpedo boats, and appropriating $15. 400
600 to be available during five years from
March 4, 1887. The house bill to establish
the order of promotion in The medical de-
partment of the army passed. The senate
resumed consideration Of the Eads Tehuan-
tepec ship railway bill, and Mr.. Vest offered
substitute to the bill
AS thus amended. the amendment was
agreed to- The substitute was then agreed
TO without discussion, and the bill, as thua
amended, was passed-yeas 46, nays z. The
nays Were Messrs. Edn.unds, Jones ARK. },
Morrill,, Platt, Vance, Van Wyck and Wilson
Qowa).
THE LOWER BRANCH
By vote So to 16O, the house refused to
pass the Texas seed bill over the veto. When
the house had disposed of the Mormon bill
and the diplomatic appropriation bill, Mr.:
randall. from the committee no appl lOpr1a-
tiOns, reported back the sundry civil service
appropriation bill, with senate amendments
recommending concurrence in twenty-five
and nOncOncurrence in 236 amendments
The chief points in controversy were rela-
tive to the appropria tions for the coast sur
vey and the seamen's retreat in New York.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 18.-The senate took
up the river and harbor appropriation bill.
The bill reported by the committee on CON-
merce as substitute for the bill passed by
the house was read, and various amend
ments were offered by the chairman OF the
committee, Mr.. Mcmillan, and adopted.
These were generally an increase of amounts
of various items On motion OF several
senators, other items were increased. Mr..
Edmunds moved to strike out of section 3,
which provides for the requirement by con-
demnation of lands or material necessary in
the prosecution of works of Improvement
the proviso authorizing the secretary of war,
when the price asked by the owner shall be
reasonable, to purchase the property with
out further delay. Defeated-Yeas IL, nays
81. The section and proviso were both
modified by striking out the words eor ma
ter1al."
The senate to-day adopted the conference
report on the anti-polygamy bill by only
thirteen dissenting votes Mr.. .Hoar, the
only Republican who voted in the negative,
did SO because the bill abolishes woman suf-
frage in Utah. The Democrats who voted
against the bill opposed the measure on con-
stitutional grounds. Aside from the general
argument that the law is oppressive and in
fringes the rights Of the citizens, the specific
charge is made that the provision relative to
the Mormon Emigration company is prac
tical confscation of private property in vic.
latlon of the constitution in that the assets
Of this corporation are devoted to school
purposes and the corporation is practically
escheated to the state. To this the sup
porters of the bill reply that provision is
made for the return to the stockholders
of the entire amount of their invest.
ment and that it is the remainder oniy
which is devoted to school purposes.
TRANSACTED IN THE HOUSE.
The senate amendments to the invalid pen
sion appropriation bill were nonconcurred
in and conference ordered. Mr.. Weaver
Meb.) called up the vetoed pension bill Of
Simmons w. Hart The house refused to
pass the bill over the veto-142 to 90. The
house went into committee of the whole on
the senate amendments to the sundry civil
bill, and 1O6 of the 26O pages of the bill
were disposed of. An evening session wal
held for the consideration Of pension bills